Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 86
The Explanation of the Twelve-Month Caturthī Vrata
स्नानं दानं जपो होमः सर्वमस्यां कृतं मुने । भवेत्सह स्रगुणितं प्रसादाद्दंतिनः सदा ॥ ८६ ॥
snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ sarvamasyāṃ kṛtaṃ mune | bhavetsaha sraguṇitaṃ prasādāddaṃtinaḥ sadā || 86 ||
Ô sage, le bain sacré, l’aumône, la récitation (japa) et l’offrande au feu (homa) — tout ce qui est accompli en cette occasion est multiplié par mille, toujours, par la grâce de Dantī (le Seigneur Gaṇeśa).
Narada (teaching in a phala-śruti style to a sage interlocutor)
Vrata: Ḍhuṃḍhirāja-related vrata (implied by immediate context)
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches a phala-śruti principle: when sacred acts like bathing, charity, japa, and homa are performed on the prescribed auspicious occasion, their merit is magnified—here described as thousandfold—through divine grace.
It frames spiritual efficacy as arising from prasāda (divine favor): disciplined actions become especially fruitful when offered with devotion and aligned to the deity’s grace, here attributed to Dantī (Gaṇeśa).
Ritual practice is emphasized—snāna, dāna, japa, and homa—pointing to applied karma-kāṇḍa procedure and observance-based timing typical of traditional dharma/kalpa-oriented practice.